identify the ways in which german immigrants differed from the irish immigrants who arrived a few years before them.
1. The majority of German immigrants were members of various Protestant denominations, as opposed to Catholic.
2. A large number of German immigrants were professionals, such as doctors, lawyers, teachers, and engineers, while the Irish were poor, unskilled laborers.
3. Members of the German immigrant community were able to rise to the top of their respective fields, while all Irish immigrants were relegated to low-skill, low-paying jobs.
4. Germans tended to settle in rural areas, while the Irish generally settled in cities.